gender bias

gender bias

n. unequal treatment in employment opportunity (such as promotion, pay, benefits and privileges), and expectations due to attitudes based on the sex of an employee or group of employees. Gender bias can be a legitimate basis for a lawsuit under anti-discrimination statutes.

Melbourne, May 20 ( ANI ): A non-government standards development body in Australia, which is aiming to stamp out gender bias in jobs, will release a report proposing an overhaul of how employers advertise jobs and evaluate candidates.

By GABBY KENT, right, senior lecturer in computer games art and design, Teesside University THERE will always be a gender bias towards men in the games industry just as there will always be a bias towards women in nursing.

An international group of specialists in dermatology and cutaneous biology discuss principles of gender- based medicine, genetic principles, hormonal differences, immunology, gender psychology, gender differences in skin diseases at various stages of the life cycle, environmental effects, and skin disorders that may have a gender bias, as well as cutaneous manifestations of systemic diseases, infections, infestations, and surgical, pharmacological, and cosmetic interventions.

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